Encyclopedia of evolution

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"A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology, these entries by leading experts survey essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Special essays include Stephen Jay Gould's "Macroevolution" and Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson-Lonsdorf on "Culture in Chimpanzees."

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Full title :Encyclopedia of evolution / Mark Pagel, editor in chief.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2002.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

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Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 4 mars 2008).

[Biologie (général)].

The Physical Object

Description:1 ressource en ligne (2 volumes (1234 pages)) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0195187601, 9780195187601
oclc:on1132164760
LC Classification:QH360.2
Dewey Decimal:576.8/03

Overview essays : states of evolution. Introduction / Mark Pagel -- History of evolutionary thought / David L. Hull -- The major transitions in evolution / John Maynard Smith -- Macroevolution / Stephen Jay Gould -- Culture in chimpanzees / Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson Lonsdorf -- Human genetic and linguistic diversity / L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza -- Motherhood / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy -- Darwinian medicine / Stephen C. Stearns -- Genomics and the dawn of proteomics / M.J. Bishop -- The new replicators / Daniel Dennett -- Alphabetical entries.